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AGT managers seek to take company private

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News July 26, 2018

CNS Canada — Plans are afoot to take publicly-traded Saskatchewan pulse and specialty crop processing firm AGT Food and Ingredients private. AGT, in a release Thursday, said it has received a non-binding proposal from a senior management group, led by company CEO Murad Al-Katib, to acquire all its issued and outstanding common shares. The proposal

Grain Markets, Markets

Western Canada’s wheat bids gain with U.S. futures

September MGEX, CBOT and K.C. wheat rose by between three and four per cent on the week

By Dave Sims July 26, 2018

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada generally moved higher in most locations during the week ended July 20, tracking gains in the U.S. futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $9 per tonne in northwestern Saskatchewan but up by $9-$11 per tonne in most

Canola south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Weather

Prairie crop tour sees slightly bigger wheat, canola yields

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel July 26, 2018

Saskatoon | Reuters — Canadian farmers were on track to reap slightly larger wheat and canola yields, despite dry conditions and a wide discrepancy in growth rates, a crop tour estimated on Thursday. The inaugural Grain World crop tour, organized by FarmLink Marketing Solutions, toured the Prairie provinces on Tuesday and Wednesday. Moisture conditions vary

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Hot temps, rainfall sees crops quickly advance

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 23

By Manitoba Agriculture July 24, 2018

Southwest Region Normal to hot temperatures and variable rain events throughout week progressed crops rapidly. Subsoil moisture conditions have recharged with recent rains and provided crops with much needed moisture. Winter wheat and fall rye typically are at the soft to hard dough stage, with some very advanced fields ripening. Fusarium infected kernels in heads

Crops, News

Italian opposition to Canadian durum a sore point

There’s been no clear indication of what Ottawa will do next

By Alex Binkley July 18, 2018

Other than meetings between Canadian and European cabinet ministers on the issue, there has been no action by Canada to reinforce its opposition to Italian pasta tariffs that have shut Canadian durum wheat out of what had been a key market. Cam Dahl, president of Cereals Canada, said the industry is pushing Ottawa to step

Italian sausages, cheeses and other traditional foods for sale in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo in December 2016. (Florin1961/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Italy in no rush to reject EU-Canada trade deal

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 16, 2018

Brussels | Reuters — Italy is in no hurry to bring the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada to a parliamentary vote, its farm minister said on Monday, suggesting its opposition to the deal may be easing. Ministers of the eurosceptic 5-Star/League government have said Italy would not ratify CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and

Livestock

Italy says it won’t ratify EU-Canada trade deal

By GFM Network News July 13, 2018

Rome | Reuters — Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday, although Canadian officials played down the threat to the accord, which mostly took effect last year. “Soon CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) will arrive in parliament and this

Crops

U.S. spring wheat, durum expected to surge

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team July 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Data released today from the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service showed large expected increases in spring wheat and durum production this year. Spring wheat production in the country, not including durum, is forecast at 614 million bushels, up 48 per cent from 2017. Of that, 584 million bushels, or 95 per cent

Canada Prairie Spring Red wheat bids ended stronger on the week.

Grain Markets, Markets

Spring wheat bids rise off of nearby lows

September U.S. wheat futures climb by 14 to 24.5 U.S. cents on the week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 12, 2018

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher in most locations during the week ended July 6, taking some direction from a rally in U.S. futures as prices corrected off of nearby lows. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down $9 per tonne in northwestern Saskatchewan

Crop Report, Crops, Weather

Warm weather, rainfall advance crop development

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report for July 9

By Manitoba Agriculture July 10, 2018

Southwest Region Heavy rains early in the week in parts of the Southwest. Newdale and Minnedosa received the highest amounts of 45 to 50 mm. Hot and dry weather during the remainder of the week advanced crop development, and may have resulted in some crop stress. Warm season crops are benefitting more from the warmer

Daily Network News

Canadian drought conditions improve in March

PMRA renamed as Pesticides Regulatory Directorate

U.S. deputy farm secretary to meet with Mosaic amid high fertilizer prices

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